Branchstone by Viktoria — A living stream of material works

Acacia bark, algae, river sand, bohemian truffle, fresh grass pigment, acrylic on canvas

There was a forest that watched me grow.

Ponderosa pine, burned wood pieces, acrylic on canvas

After a fire, what remains is never the same as what went in.

Red wood root piece, burned wood pigment, burned wood pieces, acrylic on canvas.

It begins with a whisper.

Bull kelp, ocean sand, burned wood and bohemian truffle pigments, acrylic on canvas

She wakes in a place where the land doesn’t quite know what it is yet —

Acrylic, cast elements, coil pieces, air plant on photographic print mounted on foam board.

Roaming through dreamlands, gathering fragments of clouds lost along the way from childhood.

Acrylic, cast elements, coil pieces, air plant, maple leaf on photographic print mounted on foam board.

When the world is not on her side, she holds her ground.

Printed dragons, river sand, coil crumbs, bohemian truffle, acrylic on canvas.

Magnet reflects the idea that opposites are not rivals, but parts of the same structure. They often share one origin, one field, one logic. Their difference is what keeps the system alive,…